Turbulent transport in premixed flames approaching extinction
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Author(s)
Goh, KHH
Geipel, P
Lindstedt, RP
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The turbulent transport in premixed flames approaching extinction has been characterised in terms of statistical properties using an opposed jet burner featuring fractal grid generated turbulence. The burner was used in a symmetric twin flame configuration featuring pre-vaporised cyclopentane and JP-10 (exo-tetrahydrodicyclopentadiene) at equivalence ratios of 0.75 and 0.85. The choice of fuels follows from the practical importance of JP-10 as an aviation fuel with cyclic C5 compounds appearing as breakdown products. The bulk velocity was set to 3.0 m/s resulting in a turbulent Reynolds number of 120. The obtained data includes conditional velocity statistics, flame curvature information and scalar fluxes. The conversion between conventionally and Favre averaged statistics follows the Bray–Moss–Libby theory and the assumption that finite reaction interface thickness effects can be neglected. The impact of deviations from the latter on statistics is explored and results suggest that the effect is modest for interface thicknesses less than 20% of the turbulent flame brush. The experimental data obtained is sufficient to enable terms up to and including triple correlations to be evaluated in closed form. The work also clearly illustrates the rapid transition from non-gradient to gradient turbulent transport as the extinction limit is approached.
Date Issued
2014-06-23
Date Acceptance
2014-06-23
Citation
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2014, 35 (2), pp.1469-1476
ISSN
1873-2704
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
1469
End Page
1476
Journal / Book Title
Proceedings of the Combustion Institute
Volume
35
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2014, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Technology
Thermodynamics
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering
Fractal grids
Premixed
BML
Opposed jets
Liquid fuels
OPPOSED-JET FLAMES
FLOW-FIELD STATISTICS
COMBUSTION RESEARCH
FRONT STRUCTURE
REGIME
CURVATURE
STRAIN
PLIF
Publication Status
Published